The Practice of Fiscal Federalism: Comparative Perspectives (Global Dialogue on Federalism Booklet Series) (Volume 4) - Softcover

Shah, Anwar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773533028 ISBN 13: 9780773533028

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Leading scholars and practitioners examine constitutional design and taxing, spending, and regulatory responsibilities at the federal, state/provincial, and local/municipal levels in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. This volume also explores the effects of intergovernmental fiscal relations on securing economic unions and improving social welfare.

Contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal powers while also coping with emerging challenges of globalization and citizen empowerment arising from the information revolution. They analyze how relationships and roles in different orders of government are being reshaped and show how local solutions inspired by global principles help strengthen government accountability and improve the quality of life for citizens.

Contributors include Robin Boadway (Canada), Alexander Deryugin (Russia), Akpan H. Ekpo (Nigeria), Lars P. Feld (Germany), William Fox (United States), Bongani Khumalo (South Africa), Gebhard Kirchgässner (Switzerland), Galina Kurlyandskaya (Russia), Julio López-Laborda (Spain), Jorge Martínez-Vázquez (Spain), Renosi Mokate (South Africa), Carlos Monasterio (Spain), Alan Morris (Australia), Shankaran Nambiar (Malaysia), M. Govinda Rao (India), Fernando Rezende (Brazil), and Jürgen von Hagen (Germany).

About this title

About the Author

Anwar Shah is lead economist and program leader, Public Sector Governance, World Bank Institute (Washington, DC, USA), a member of the executive board, International Institute of Public Finance (Munich, Germany), and fellow at the Institute for Public Eco

From the Back Cover

Filling a crucial need, the books and booklets in this series provide an analysis of federal systems. Offering solid, practical information and contrasting theoretical and practical perspectives, each volume focuses on a crucial dimension of federal governance through case studies of countries that illustrate federalism's diversity, strengths and weaknesses. The Global Dialogue is a joint program of the Forum of Federations and the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS).

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773533028
• ISBN 13: 9780773533028
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456